IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1 Help

Working with Tags and Branches

From within IntelliJ IDEA, you can create and delete CVS tags and branches. The names of the tags and
branches must start with a letter, and contain only alphanumeric characters.

Branch and tag commands apply to all the files you have selected in the current view (including all the
files in any selected directory), or to the current file in the editor if you invoked the command there.

To create a branch

In the Create Branch dialog box, specify the name of the new branch. To do that, type the name in the
Branch name field, or click the Browse button
and select the desired name from the list of existing CVS tags.

Optionally, specify the following:

Select the Override existing check box, if you want to
move an existing tag to a new branch, as defined by the option
-F of rtag CVS command.

Select the Switch to this branch check box to switch your local
working copy to the branch specified in the Branch name field.

To delete a tag

In the Delete Tag dialog box, specify the name of the tag you want to delete. To do that, type the name
in the Tag name field, or click the Browse button ,
and select tag name from the list of the current tags in the repository.